This compares with only 1,578 in January and 1,544 in February.
The increase is due to the higher number of motorists on the roads, with the vast majority of families choosing to take their summer holidays at this time.

SmartWitness chief executive Paul Singh said: “We are asking motorists to be extra vigilant when starting out on their summer holidays.

"The most common cause of road collisions is not poor road conditions or your car, it’s bad driving.

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"The summer months have the highest number of road collisions and Saturday July 21st is likely to provide the perfect storm for poor driving conditions.

“It will be first day of the summer holidays for many families and there will be extremely large numbers of motorists taking to the roads.

"Cars will be packed full of children and luggage, which means that drivers will be more stressed and distracted than usual, as they make their way to airports and holiday destinations.

"As a result, this day is expected to have the highest number of incidents for the whole of the year with our data showing that 2.30pm will be the busiest time."